meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
since when; from when; how long
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
together; at the same time; same; identical
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
letter; missive; note; mail
to show signs of; to appear